Background: Long terminal repeat (LTR) retroelements represent a successful group of transposable elements (TEs)that have played an important role in shaping the structure of many eukaryotic genomes. Here, we present a ...

Lucy Page Gaston (1860-1924) was born in Illinois of staunch abolitionist and prohibitionist She considered herself the “Carry Nation” (the hatchet-wielding anti-saloon and alcohol crusader) of tobacco reform. Gaston ...

Research has found that breathing is coordinated, or entrained, to the rhythm of locomotion, possibly conferring an economical advantage. Elite endurance athletes, whose ability to sustain high metabolic workloads sometimes ...